Sri Lanka v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 - 1st ODI - Lankans clobber 135 - Live Score and Update
Sri Lanka 135/8 (42/42 ov) - Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
In the first One Day International (ODI) match of the five-match series between hosts Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the Lankans after winning the toss chose to bat first in a match that had a delayed start due to rain and was reduced to a 42-over event.
The Lankans knew that they would have to clobber a massive total on the board at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in order to put the Men in Green under pressure and prevail in the series opener.
On the other hand, after levelling the tow-match T20 series, Pakistan were enroute to domination and looking to restrict the Lankans on a gettable total.
Pakistan seamer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 in the fifth over with just eight runs on the board. The batsman found his way back to the pavilion after scoring five runs.
Gul then struck once more in his next over by dismissing skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, who departed after hammering just three runs off 20 deliveries.
With a total of just 23 runs on the board, Gul struck for the third time by sending home http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831, who failed to trouble the scorers.
Pakistan hit jackpot by grabbing the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 had managed to amass 40 runs on the board.
A run later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Sami-c77289.
These were terrible times of Sri Lanka and they desperately needed the remaining batsmen to come through.
However, having lost their main batsmen, Sri Lanka knew that they just needed to play the remaining overs instead of trying to dominate the bowling side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802, who could muster only 10 runs, leaving his team standing on a total of 56 runs.
Just when Pakistan thought that they had wrapped up the Lankans, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HDRL-Thirimanne-c1542, gave a face saving performance by clobbering a knock of 42 runs, helping his side amass 135 runs before ending the innings.
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